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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of road licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's forestry targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tree felling licences issued to date in 2023 as a percentage of his Department's targets in this area for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs arising from refugees from Ukraine in 2022, including accommodation, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs of maintaining all asylum seekers in Ireland (excluding those from Ukraine) in each year from 2016 to 2022, including the cost of accommodation, allowances, assistance payments, health benefits, additional staffing and administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical doctors and former general practitioners who are employed either in the Department or by the HSE in policy, advisory or other internal administrative or human resources roles, but who do not see patients from the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49402/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: It is Government policy to promote and protect Irish exports and imports. The haulage sector needs a properly functioning, and more importantly, very reliable Revenue customs system. Unfortunately, in the past number of months, Revenue's online automated export system and automated import system, AES and AIS as they are known, have routinely dropped creating very long delays and additional...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has conducted any research, internally or through a consultancy firm on the dangers posed by offshore wind turbines to marine wildlife and blue carbon ecosystems; if so, the cost of such consultancy reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (9 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available the full report of the Review of Public Service Allowances and Premium Payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are ongoing delays to a school build project that is urgently needed (details supplied); if her Department will engage with the school management to ensure these works are completed as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49117/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome all of our guests to our committee and I am delighted to be here to support them all as a Deputy from near Birr, which would not be too far away from Mr. Ryan, whom I have met before. I understand the situation and I have certainly raised this issue a number of times. I have reiterated my calls for legislation for one single agency to be set up to manage the Shannon. It is my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Through the Chair, to address Deputy Fitzmaurice, I held a briefing here on the nature restoration law and invited the Deputy to it .

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I believe the pressure needs to be put on because the local and European elections are coming up, as we all know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Can we make it an issue and can we all put a push on? I do not know but I am just throwing it out there as I believe something needs to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: Sorry, I was not finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: I have been sitting here for the past hour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: My next point is that if Bord na Móna is in receipt of very significant money under just transition, can something be done there? Can we write to this company? I am not a member of this committee but I am a member of the Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and I come to this committee regularly to represent my constituents. I ask also...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: The housing crisis and escalating rates of homelessness have been a constant feature of this Government's term of office from the beginning. We have had endless debates here and heard the pleas of families for affordable and social housing along with the alarm bells sounded by the Simon Community and many other homelessness organisations for years. We have also seen scheme after scheme...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: United Nations (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the UN Human Rights Council and the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and whether their recommendations should be followed in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47568/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diplomatic Representation (7 Nov 2023)

Carol Nolan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish Embassy, consular or mission staff in Albania and Georgia, which are designated safe countries, have engaged with any representatives of the Albanian or Georgian governments or government agencies to determine the reason such large numbers of their citizens are choosing Ireland as a country in which to apply for international...